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Where does “sorgful” come from?

sorgful (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic surgafullaz — full of care; anxious.

sorgful (Old English): full of care; anxious; sorrowful

Definitions

  1. full of care; anxious; sorrowful

Ancestry of “sorgful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsurgafullazfull of care; anxious

Words derived from “sorgful”

  • sorrowful
  • sorrowfully
  • sorrowfulness
  • unsorrowful
  • unsorrowfully
  • sorweful
Every word from Proto-Germanic surgafullaz →